Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging evidence of bilateral hippocampal atrophy in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 588-594

  Quigg, Mark ^a   Bertram, Edward H ^a,b   Jackson, Theodore ^a   Laws, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy pathology; Hippocampal sclerosis; Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0030967086     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01144.x     Document Type: Article

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